Hillsdale College Professors of the Year
To be named a Hillsdale College Professor of the Year, educators must demonstrate exceptional character and teaching excellence, availability and generosity in their work with students outside the classroom, community support and good citizenship through involvement in campus and community organizations and events. Professors are nominated by students through a signed letter of recommendation.
1956 Dr. Windsor Roberts 1957 Dr. William Sherman 1958 Dr.John Catenhusen 1959 Professor Edwyn Hames &Vivian Lyon Moore 1960 Dr. Silas Anderson 1961 Professor Leland Cross 1962 Professor R. Joy Stewart 1963 Dr. Windsor Roberts (posthumously) 1964 Professor A. Applegate 1965 Dr. James Ryan 1966 Professor Norman Welling 1967 Dr. Edwin Dike 1968 Dr. John Catenhusen 1969 Dr. James King 1970 Professor William Terman 1971 Professor Grace Nichols 1972 Dr. Donald Toczek 1973 Dr. John Sparks 1974 Dr. John Catenhusen 1975 Dr. Robert Rice 1976 Dr. Febes Facey 1977 Dr. James King 1978 Dr. Edward Facey 1979 Dr. Louis Pitchford 1980 Professor Judd Patton 1981 Dr. Rodler Morris 1982 Dr. John Willson 1983 Dr. James King 1984 Professor Arlan Gilbert and Dr. Robert Blackstock 1985 Dr. Robert Rice 1986 Professor Mark Watson 1987 Dr. James Juroe 1988 Dr. Thomas Burke 1989 Dr. Thomas Conner 1990 Dr. Robert Blackstock 1991 Dr. John Willson 1992 Dr. Michael Bauman 1993 Dr. Peter Olson 1994 Dr. Robert Rice and Dr. Febes Facey 1995 Dr. Mickey Craig 1996 Dr. Chris VanOrman 1997 Dr. Thomas Carstens/Dr. Samuel Townsend 1998 Dr. Michael Shaub 1999 Dr. Thomas Conner 2000 Dr. Ken Calvert 2001 Dr. John Willson 2002 Dr. Chris VanOrman 2003 Dr. Brad Birzer 2004 Dr. Gary Wolfram 2005 Dr. Don Toczek 2006 Dr. Stephen Smith 2007 Dr. David Paas 2008 Dr. Thomas Conner 2009 Dr. Thomas Krannawitter 2010 Dr. Nikolai Wenzel 2011 Dr. Justin Jackson 2012 Dr. Donald Turner 2013 Dr. Daniel Coupland 2014 Dr. Robert Blackstock 2015 Dr. Matthew Gaetano 2016 Dr. Thomas Conner 2017 Dr. Collin Barnes 2018 Dr. Adam Carrington 2019 Dr. Lee Ann Baron 2020 Dr. Benedict Whalen 2021 Dr. Peter Jennings 2022 Dr. Matthew Gaetano 2023 Dr. Collin Barnes